Oral History with Willie Venters (Index)

Sacramento Ethnic Community Survey
Oral History Index

Interview of- Willie N.. Venters By Thomas D, Morris

May 23, 1983

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18:30

Subject

Introduction by interviewer,

Lite in Alabama, Reasons lor
comi ng to Cal i f orni a, Fi rst
experiences in Sacramento.

Work at McClellan Air Force Base
as junior mechanic, 1942.

Attending the Central Methodist
Church in downtown Sacramento,

21:IS Treated well by Californians.

23:25 Moves to downtown -from Del Paso

Heights. Visiting the South,

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Visiting the South, continued.

Southern cuisine and preparation
of Southern foods.

Assimi1 ation in to Sacramento
community: accepted and welcome.

Life in Sacramento after the
War. Reminiscences about work at
MeC 1 e 1 1 an Ai r For c:e Base.

End of Interview

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